2.) We focused our discussion last week on the use of controlled language, and in particular the shibboleth.  How does this contribute to an erosion of human rights in general? Are we witnessing this today? Again, refer specifically to the novel, but also see recent news reports if you wish.   In our discussion we…

Article: https://www.fin24.com/Economy/internet-access-has-become-a-human-right-data-inquiry-hears-20181018   Though this is a small article I found it to be a very important article.   This article discusses the concept that internet access and data access should be a basic human right and a right that should be provided equally to the people of south Africa. The article talks about the…

Article 20: Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.   I chose article 20 and this image because I feel that this image is the greatest representation for such an article. This photo was taken during the peaceful protest of the…

Megan Newcomb Blog 5   How does film and its medium of visual storytelling affect viewers differently than print? Consider a film of your choice relating to a human rights tragedy (like “Shake Hands with the Devil”) and respond to Dawes’ question: How can bearing witness to and documenting the fracture of bodies in genocide…

Megan Newcomb Blog 4 As we discussed at the end of our last class meeting, the blog assignment this week is to choose one passage from I, Rigoberta Menchú and write a detailed reflection of that passage. How does it contribute to the work as a whole? What concerns does it evoke? How does it…

Consider the human rights violations, environmental degradation, community division, and targeting of indigenous peoples carried out by Goldcorp as evidenced in the film Gold Fever. (See the film on YouTube if you missed it in class) How are the citizens’ struggles echoed in the autobiography I, Rigoberta Menchú “For indigenous populations, territory and land is…

Savages, Victims, and Saviors by Mutua Blog post by Megan Newcomb Blog 2 focuses on “Savages, Victims and Saviors”  by Mutua  The start of the reading begins with explaining what the savages-victims-saviors construction is. Mutua explains that this is a metaphor made of other metaphors to explain each role in this article. He said that the…